Category: Technology
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Andreessen Horowitz is raising a $20 billion fund. Getting a decent return on this money will be almost impossible. To understand why, we have to look at how venture funds make their money. How VC’s Make Money Big funds like a16z lead rounds in a startup, typically from Series A…
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Chinese robotics startup Unitree has been caught embedding a backdoor in their robots that lets them spy on people. This shows why we must ban all Chinese robots. Whether it’s a robot dog, android, autonomous EV or drone, all these products are the same. They have chips, cameras, a battery…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, China, Defense, Drones, Military, News, Robotics, Robots, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, War+
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President Trump just issued a new executive order to streamline federal procurement. Will this finally make it easy to sell to the Feds? What the Executive Order Does The executive order, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, came out yesterday. It gives federal agencies 180 days to simplify the Federal…
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I recently met an amazing founder. His company had incredible potential. But he was afraid to quit his job and pursue it full time. So, when is the right time to go all in? Just like a startup, people have runway. Your runway is the amount of time until you…
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VC’s will diligence the heck out of you. But you should be diligencing them too. Here’s how to do it… Don’t ask the VC for references. He can just cherry pick the founders in his portfolio that are the most likely to say something nice about him. Instead, go to…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, Startup, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Most lawyers and accountants have no idea how to work with tech startups. So where should founders go? Here are my favorites… Incorporation: Capbase. Capbase can get you properly incorporated in minutes for less money than others. It’s just $999/year. Full disclosure: I have a small investment in this one.…
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+ Accounting, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Founders, Investing, Legal, Money, Silicon Valley, Startup, Startups, Tax, Tech, Venture Capital+
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This $750,000 term sheet was going to save the company. The founder was elated. And then, a phone call. The investor was pulling out. Investors can pull a term sheet for any reason. It’s rare, but when it happens it can leave a company crippled. Worst of all, it can…
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Most startups will never be a huge success. Their vision isn’t big enough. Let’s take a look at 3 of the most successful startups of the 2020’s. All have reached valuations of over $10 billion. Each of these founders imagined a radically different world, then went out and made it…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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There’s an AI model that’s 13x faster than ChatGPT. The cost: $0. But can Mistral’s Le Chat beat the best tools from the US? This morning, I put the French model through its paces. I asked it 3 questions I actually need the answer to. I posed these same 3…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Business, ChatGPT, France, Grok, Mistral, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Some of the greatest companies in the history of capitalism are selling at ridiculously low prices right now. How would you like to have Warren Buffett as your personal money manager? Today, he’s available at a discount: just 12 times earnings. And Berkshire isn’t the only blue chip that’s on…
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+ Berkshire, Finance, Investing, Money, Personal finance, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Tesla, Warren Buffett+
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Tremendous 